10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Checking my annual list, I am where I usually am at this time of year: several species short of 200. Still, this way or another, the year is ending with some glorious species, e.g. a rare Greater Spotted Eagle. But through binoculars I noticed small raised crests and supercilia joining on hindneck – Woodlarks ! The search is on.

Moldova 118

Moldova Birds Serbia Greece 118

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2013

The two dozen species are, nearly to an individual, long bodied and bicolored. In North America, at least in the eastern part of it, we celebrate the return of the Baltimore Oriole to parks and farms this time of year. Troupials raise their own chicks, generally 3 to 4 per clutch, they just steal the nest in which they raise them.

Baltimore 175

Baltimore Broker North America Raised 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother. In the marshes of the estancia , he discovers what he comes to believe is a new species of rail – one of the “accidentals” of the title. With no great fondness for his tech job in the U.S., Gabe agrees to come along.

Uruguay 152

Uruguay 2001 Bald Eagle Science 152

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

They have been pretty frustrated with China, who really doesn't give a rip about tigers.unless they can raise them on farms for "medicinal" harvest and other capitalist pursuits. Tags: India poaching tigers china endangered species.

India 100

India Tigers Bhutan Bangladesh 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda. And fly they surely can… …although they do look suspiciously happy when landing.

Germany 101

Germany Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 101

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2009

The fund raising Web site also offers exclusive content for cat and dog owners which includes information on pet care and safety, information on animal shelters, as well blogs, groups and open forums. The site’s primary purpose is to raise money to help shelters care for homeless pets. About Bring Pets Home.

Pets 100

Pets Homelessness Shelters Homeless Animals 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

I don’t live in the forest either (unfortunately) but near a green patchwork of farm fields, second growth, and a riparian zone flush with trees. We just had to stop on the way, even if briefly, at Cinchona, Cinchona- always an easy place for in your face views of hummingbirds and species that visit the fruit feeders.

Costa Rica 121

Costa Rica Falcons Birds North Carolina 121

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Only the car-park down the hill has parking with flat access to the walking trails and the car-park on the other side of the village heading towards Whitton is much larger, but requires you to walk down a permissive path through the farm down some steps to join the trail. Alkborough Flats sign at top car-park.

Geese 140

Geese Australia 2006 Investigation 140

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. But for a while one constant in his life was his grandfather’s farm, a far-off stretch of land in Comanche County, Texas. He came for the hawks.

Falcons 173

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

Even in the tropics there are few birds that excel some of our own in elegance and beauty of plumage and we have an unusually large number of species considering the smallness of the area they inhabit. ” (Woodward brothers, “Natal Birds”, 1899) The mighty Drakensberg Mountains run along the western boundary of KwaZulu-Natal province.

Mozambique 184

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 184

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I’ve really been wracking my brain because for me releasing is very traumatic,” said Cara Petricca, with Bluebird Farm Animal Sanctuary in Cheshire, MA. But lets see … I’d say one of my most memorable releases is that of a Purple Martin , a species of special concern in California.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 216

Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 216

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List.

Michigan 223

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

They are a commensal species, meaning that they are a wild animal that lives in close association with humans, not as a pet or as a farm animal but more like a parasite, to the extent that it is hard to find them in truely wild settings, and it is hard to find human settlements without them. because of collisions with vehicles.

Killing 191

Killing South Africa Nebraska Collecting 191

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

There were, however, compensations, such as finding breeding Yellow Wagtails on a nearby farm where I’d never seen them before. WinGS volunteers visit gull roost sites, counting six key species: Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull.

Ireland 211

Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 211

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and California Condor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. As birders in New Jersey recently found out when a Crested Caracara showed up in a farm field in the middle of suburbia, hawks just might show up anywhere!

North America 217

North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 217

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The one bird I did not see here, however, was the Bateleur Eagle … One highlight in the area is the Saddle-billed Stork , likely to be the tallest species in the stork family. The African Spoonbill is one of the six global spoonbill species, and the main African one (there are also some Eurasian Spoonbills in Africa).

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I tried to get a better idea of what exactly the definition of cuckoo-dove is but am still not very clear about it – Wikipedia only offers the rather formal definition “any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia , Reinwardtoena, and Turacoena of the pigeon family.” But I may well be wrong.

Birds 147

Birds Geese Fish Industry 147

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare." It's too bad that Latimer's presentation is so obnoxious, as even when he raises what might be valid points, he makes you want to disagree with him. And one of that handful is the environment.

Animal Rights 100

Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. It’s no coincidence that the two species that pass Hare’s pointing test also share a profound cross-species bond. Ones that came up to the scientists did.

Wolves 100

Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

Is Belgrade the New Berlin is a question recently raised in Vogue by Marry Holland. I am a birder and I can claim that out of Serbia’s total of 350+ bird species, highly urbanised inner city areas of Belgrade hold almost 100 birds, while the outskirts have more than 200 species. km / 1 mi to the fish farm entrance.

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Birds 2017 Eagles Otters 201

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Something needed to be done. 23 Nov 2019.

2019 137

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2018

They are quite a rare breeding species in Serbia, declining as we speak, but one pair breeds nearby. They are rare breeders here, but at least, this species’ numbers are on the increase. A pair of European Turtle Doves on a wire, followed by two soaring Common Buzzards …. I must digress further.

Serbia 120

Serbia Eagles Falcons Farming 120

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

Julie has seen or heard several on our farm here in southeast Ohio! I mumble the species’ name over and over something like this: that’s a *&$#^ Great Gray Owl! I raised a bottle of beer in its honor, then headed for my hotel, satisfied that the day was mine. But not me. The Connecticut Warbler is MY JINX BIRD.

Connecticut 169

Connecticut North Dakota Ohio Owls 169

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for. Cows, domestic sheep, chickens and many others would not survive if they were not raised for human consumption, protected from malnutrition, disease and predators.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. West Indian Whistling Ducks are the largest of the eight different whistling duck species. In December, 1990, a single pair of ducks and some young birds began to feed at the farm of Mr. Willie Ebanks, at Hutland, Northside, in Grand Cayman.

Antigua and Barbuda 216

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 216

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

By the time we had arrived at the local train station we had seen numerous bird species and every field appeared to have several Common Pheasant feeding in the late afternoon. The other prominent species along the river bank was Common Redshank and they were a bird we saw regularly over the time that we were in the UK. Common Snipe.

Ducks 140

Ducks Birds 2016 Dogs 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is much to enjoy and appreciate here and I only wish I could have tested out some of these species accounts in pelagic waters before writing about them (sadly, the 10,000 Birds pelagic to Antarctica was canceled this year). SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds.

Albatross 278

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 278

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

So, I was excited to read reports in late 2017 of a pair of Whooping Cranes being seen on a cattle farm. Whooping Crane is not listed as a “sensitive species” for Florida, and there are reports for other locations in the area. John James Audubon first heard the sparrow in July, 1944, on a buffalo hunt in North Dakota. ” [[link].

2018 151

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 151

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

I sat for hours, dreamily watching those rocks raising to the sky, covered by the dense primary vegetation of this subtropical area. Most of them were living on non-mechanized farming, which is limited to the few flat areas between the mountains.

Birds 189

Birds China Emotional Vietnam 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

During my previous five trips to Indonesia, I only heard but never caught a glimpse of three species. Now my tally stands at four species seen and a fifth heard-only. Buttonwood Farms was nearby and didn’t require an appointment. Now, the real challenge is this: not only did I see a pitta, I saw several! A country-first?

2015 182

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 182